Category Archives for "Urban Transit"

Transport Action Ontario wrote a letter to the Ontario Minister of Economic Development and Innovation stating that we believe that Ontario is facing a serious mobility crisis that seriously undermines private and public initiatives aimed at sustaining and growing Ontario’s industrial base. We urged the Ministry and the Ontario Jobs and Prosperity Council to work with other provincial ministries and other levels of government to focus on our province’s mobility crisis, especially in the areas of public transportation.

Transport Action Ontario board member, Ed Levy, recently published a major report on this topic. Ed has decades of experience in transportation planning and is very well-respected by transit agencies and planners. The report can be read here.

With the Ontario provincial election coming up soon, Transport Action Ontario organized a public meeting at Toronto Metro Hall on `Transportation Policy: A Dialogue with Voters`. Panelists were Cheri DiNovo (NDP), Frank De Jong (Green Party) and Frank Klees (PC). A summary of the meeting proceedings is now available.

On June 6, 2012, Transport Action Ontario and the Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods jointly presented to the Standing Committee on General Government at Queen`s Park. This committee was conducting hearings on their `Study on Grid-Lock in the Greater Toronto Area and National Capital Region`. Our presentation summarized the background, highlights and conclusions from our recently conducted public forum in Markham on transportation problems, solutions and funding.

The Moving Forward Forum on transportation and funding issues took place in Markham on 12 May, 2012. It was co-hosted by Transport Action Ontario and the Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods (F.U.N.), an Ontario umbrella group connected with over 500 ratepayer and resident associations in Ontario.